Human rights, not just in Kosovo, but elsewhere will be futher undermined.
Yesterday it was reported that 8 senior Yugoslav military officers have been demoted or sacked.
Do not forget that at times of atrocities and violations of human rights one of the groups of hidden victims are the members of the military who refuse to obey orders that are against their conscience. They may be shot.
The Serbian nationalists have inherited the federal armed forces while despising the principle of national equality that was essential for the former Yugoslavia.
Accordingly Milosevic has been able to change the senior commander of the federal forces in Montenegro. This puts pressure on the democratically elected president of Montenegro who has described the actions of the federal government against the Kosovo Albanians as madness, and is facing daily demonstrations from Serb nationalists.
I agree that the NATO action has in the short term made these events more likely, but imperialist motives may lead to appeasement as well as to aggression.
Chris Burford
London